Hammersmith & Fulham is home to 3 major football clubs: Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers. Follow the ups and downs of the clubs as told by local fans.
Marco Silva’s players face a daunting but not impossible prospect in two weeks’ time when they meet Liverpool at the Cottage for their Carabao Cup semi-final return leg.
Chelsea have a double dose of cup football looming, with 6,000 Preston North End fans descending on SW6 at 5.30pm on Saturday 6 January for a third-round FA Cup clash.
A Madueke penalty gave Chelsea a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at the Bridge, wiping out the Christmas Eve disappointment of defeat at Wolves, and boosting confidence ahead of Saturday’s journey to Luton Town.
If the five-goal victories over Nottingham Forest and West Ham were early Christmas presents, the Whites still had a surprise for the fans by securing a place in the League Cup semi-finals.
Chelsea Women start their four-week domestic winter break three points clear at the top of the table, while the men steadied the wobbly ship with a 2-0 win at the Bridge.
There was no fluke about Fulham’s demolition of Nottingham Forest. But fans had to wonder how the Whites would fare when West Ham visited the Cottage at the weekend.
